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2239 days ago

Poll: Should plastic straws be removed from all NZ supermarkets?

Georgia Reporter from Stuff

Hi neighbours,

You won't be able to find plastic straws in Countdown stores from October 1 - they're off the shelves! To read more, click here.

Countdown is removing them from all stores and replacing them with a range of alternatives including bamboo, metal and paper straws.

The … View more
Hi neighbours,

You won't be able to find plastic straws in Countdown stores from October 1 - they're off the shelves! To read more, click here.

Countdown is removing them from all stores and replacing them with a range of alternatives including bamboo, metal and paper straws.

The supermarket's move is expected to remove 11.6 million straws from circulation and the waste stream each year. WOW.

Do you think other NZ supermarkets should follow suit?

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Should plastic straws be removed from all NZ supermarkets?
  • 77.6% Yes, let's get rid of them
    77.6% Complete
  • 22.4% No, plastic straws are useful
    22.4% Complete
2774 votes
2239 days ago

School holiday art/ childcare

Irena from Hataitai

I am a professional sculptor/ artist who normally works in film/ weta workshop.
I have 8 year self experience tutoring kids in art.
My studio is in Shelley bay and I can teach your children from there- mediums being ceramics ( handbuilt sculpture) puppet making. Drawing or painting techniques. I… View more
I am a professional sculptor/ artist who normally works in film/ weta workshop.
I have 8 year self experience tutoring kids in art.
My studio is in Shelley bay and I can teach your children from there- mediums being ceramics ( handbuilt sculpture) puppet making. Drawing or painting techniques. I can also do day adventures with drawing to places such as the botanical gardens the zoo or anywhere they want to go.

Fee 25 per hour per child negotiable with more than on each kid.

Www.irenakennedy.com look at my art work from 2006 for ideas on my sculpting.

2240 days ago

Wellington Festival of Slap - Poetry workshops

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Date: Saturday, 27 October, 2018
Time:
10:00am to 12:15pm

Cost:
Free. Sign up as limited spots.

Location:
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Date: Saturday, 27 October, 2018
Time:
10:00am to 12:15pm

Cost:
Free. Sign up as limited spots.

Location:
National Library, Tiakiwai Conference Centre (lower ground floor), Corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street.

Contact Details:
Email sara@motifpoetry.co.nz to sign up.

Fun, interactive workshops with New Zealand’s top poets and performers. A chance to pick up some tips and discover your inner poet! Free and open to everyone age 14 and over.

Join the UK Slam Champion for a fun, interactive and informative workshop

Join Sara Hirsch (UK Slam Champion and internationally acclaimed spoken word educator) plus a special guest facilitator for a morning of fun, interactive and informative workshops as part of the Wellington Festival of Slam. Covering everything from writing to performance, these back to back workshops will get even the most rusty of writers scribbling & shouting poetry.

Informal practical workshop

Perhaps you have a few new poems and need a safe space to try them out? Maybe you want to give performance poetry a try but don’t know where to start?

Or possibly you are competing in the regional slam final that evening and need some last minute practice? Whatever your experience, background and ability, we would love to meet you at these informal sessions.

About the Wellington Festival of Slam

The Wellington Festival of Slam is produced by Motif Poetry and funded by Wellington City Council and Creative New Zealand and we are proud to offer these workshops for free to anyone aged 14 and over.

The first workshops will run from 10-11am and then the participants will swap over and join the other expert facilitator for the second session from 11.15am-12.15pm. So there is no chance of missing out!

To sign up please email sara@motifpoetry.co.nz as places are limited.

About Motif Poetry

Motif Poetry is a new spoken word production company set up by internationally renowned poets and performers Ben Fagan and Sara Hirsch. Between Sara and Ben Motif boasts TEDx speakers, national slam champions, Masters level educators and published poets. Motif is committed to growing communities of writers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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2240 days ago

If the warranty has ended, it doesn't mean your rights have!

Sacha Green from Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand

When you buy goods you have rights that protect you even if the warranty has expired. A warranty is extra to the protections in the Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA) and can’t override or replace these. This means a retailer can't just say you're out of luck because the warranty period has … View moreWhen you buy goods you have rights that protect you even if the warranty has expired. A warranty is extra to the protections in the Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA) and can’t override or replace these. This means a retailer can't just say you're out of luck because the warranty period has ended.

The CGA says that products have to be of an acceptable quality which means they must be fit for purpose (or do what they're made to do), last for a reasonable amount of time, be safe, and be free from any minor defects. What is “acceptable quality” is based on what you could reasonably expect taking into account things like the nature of the goods, what you paid for them, and any particular statements made about the goods.

If you have a problem with something you’ve bought and the warranty period has ended, you might still be entitled to have it repaired or replaced. Check out our information on your rights as a consumer or phone CAB on 0800 367 222.

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2240 days ago

Proposal to close roads

Social Media Specialist from Wellington City Council

Our Regulatory Processes Committee will meet to consider the following temporary road closures for The Pride Parade on Sat 16 March, 3pm to 8pm.
Road closure - Tennyson Street (Tory Street to Cambridge Terrace)
Rolling road closure approximately 6.45pm - Tennyson Street, to Cambridge Terrace, to … View more
Our Regulatory Processes Committee will meet to consider the following temporary road closures for The Pride Parade on Sat 16 March, 3pm to 8pm.
Road closure - Tennyson Street (Tory Street to Cambridge Terrace)
Rolling road closure approximately 6.45pm - Tennyson Street, to Cambridge Terrace, to Courtenay Place, to Taranaki Street, to Taranaki Street Wharf.
If you object to this proposed road closure or would like to give your feedback you can email maria.taumaa@wcc.govt.nz before 4pm, Friday 5 Oct.

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2240 days ago

We're hitting the road!

The Team from Neighbours Aotearoa

Our road trip is happening soon! We're hitting the road in the lead-up to our 10th celebration of Neighbours Day (March 22 - 31 2019: Celebrating 10 years with 10 days of celebrations) and are on the hunt for organisations, places and people who would like to host us along the way, chat about … View moreOur road trip is happening soon! We're hitting the road in the lead-up to our 10th celebration of Neighbours Day (March 22 - 31 2019: Celebrating 10 years with 10 days of celebrations) and are on the hunt for organisations, places and people who would like to host us along the way, chat about the work they’re doing, or help us run workshops.

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2240 days ago

Two yards of serge for Mrs Pharazyn: Wellington women go shopping inthe 1850s

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Tuesday 16 October 2018
5.30pm - 6.30pm
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor) National Library, Corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon.

The Friends of the Turnbull Library supports the work of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and promotes public interest in the Library’s collections. This… View more
Tuesday 16 October 2018
5.30pm - 6.30pm
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor) National Library, Corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon.

The Friends of the Turnbull Library supports the work of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and promotes public interest in the Library’s collections. This event is free.

What can you learn from the financial records of a nineteenth century draper tell us about shopping habits of the women of the time? Fashion and dress historian Angela Lassig will tell us what she has found out in this Friends of the Turnbull Library talk.

Nineteenth century shopping habits revealed
William Clark (1830-1902) was a draper in colonial Wellington, with his shop on Lambton Quay. Thanks to the extraordinarily detailed business records which are now part of the manuscript collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the shopping habits of his broad variety of customers — Māori and Pākehā, landowners and labourers, sailors and rival shopkeepers, the military and the government — can be revealed.

About the speaker
Angela Lassig was delighted to find this treasure trove within the vellum bindings of Mr Clark’s ‘Day’ books while she was researching a book on the history of 19th-century women’s dress in New Zealand – the project for which she has received a FoTL research grant. Angela is a fashion and dress historian currently based in Auckland.

Image: Wellington Beach 1856, pencil and watercolour by William Holmes Howard (attributed). Ref A-032-040

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2240 days ago

Malaghan Month

Just Paterson

David Downs put an end to his own cancer journey and now he's on a mission to bring the treatment that saved him to the victims of New Zealand. How does he plan to do this?

He's campaigning to raise $1 million for the Malaghan Institute to support their research on CAR-T cell therapy, … View more
David Downs put an end to his own cancer journey and now he's on a mission to bring the treatment that saved him to the victims of New Zealand. How does he plan to do this?

He's campaigning to raise $1 million for the Malaghan Institute to support their research on CAR-T cell therapy, which is a step up from anything available overseas.

We are with you David!

Join us this #MalaghanMonth to make a difference for not just Kiwis but cancer victims all around the world.

2240 days ago

Poll: Who did you want to win The Block NZ?

Jo Haywood Reporter from Homed

Hey neighbours, well that's The Block NZ over for another year... were you happy with the result?

If you missed it, you can relive all the action and drama of the auction here or check out our Block winners round-up, here.

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Who did you want to win The Block NZ?
  • 6.4% House 1 - Claire and Agni
    6.4% Complete
  • 42.2% House 2 - Ben and Tom
    42.2% Complete
  • 15.7% House 3 - Chlo and Em
    15.7% Complete
  • 35.7% House 4 - Amy and Stu
    35.7% Complete
1227 votes
2241 days ago

18E bus service direct from Miramar to hospital all day from 1 Oct

Roger from Roseneath

Bringing the 18E service on all day to 8pm, 7 days per week from 1 Oct is a victory for Miramar and Karori communities, who told us councillors that they wanted a direct service to hospital and unis, not three separate bus trips! Well done NZ Bus to do it faster than expected! ... … View moreBringing the 18E service on all day to 8pm, 7 days per week from 1 Oct is a victory for Miramar and Karori communities, who told us councillors that they wanted a direct service to hospital and unis, not three separate bus trips! Well done NZ Bus to do it faster than expected! ... metlink.org.nz/service-update

There are more changes coming in response to community feedback, including extending the No 14 bus service from Hataitai to Kilbirnie.

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